Paralysis doesn't stop Scooter the Chihuahua

12:57 PM,
Feb. 11, 2013

Scooter the Chihuahua uses the wheelchair in Live Oak, Texas that adoptive owners Malcolm and Gini Clements made for him at their home. After being treated at San Antonio's Animal Care Services for injuries that appeared consistent with being hit by a car, the dog would drag himself on the ground, reopening his wounds. To stop the problem, the Clements made the custom wheelchair for the dog.

Written by

Vincent T. Davis
| San Antonio Express-News

Malcolm Clements watched as a 2-year-old Chihuahua with paralyzed hind legs zipped along the halls of the Animal Care Services clinic in a customized wheelchair.

Glue held together the bicycle training wheels and PVC pipe wrapped in green bandages with painted yellow flames rising from each side. A tiny license plate on the back read: "You should see my other ride."